Improvement in cigar-machines



GfBUGKEL. GIGAR MACHINE.

No. 49,709. Patented Sept. 5, 1865.

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UNITED STATES PATENT E-FICE.

GEORGE BUOKEL, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN.

lMPROVEM ENT IN CIGAR-MACHINES.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,709, dated September 5, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

`Be it known that I, GEORGE BUGKEL, of Monroe, in the county of Monroe andState of Mich1gan,have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled inthe art tomake and use the same,referenoe beinghad to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in whichligure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of my device for making the tobacco sheet or felt which I use for producing wrappers, said felt being partially iinished. Eig. 2 is aplan or top view ofthe same. Fig.3 is a similar section to that represented in Fig. l, the tobacco-'felt being finished and ready to be removed. Fig. et isa transverse vertical section ofthe same. Figs. 5 and 6 are detached Views of the movable strips of the felting-box. lig. is a plan of the clamp for holding the felted tobacco while the same is being out, said clamp being represented open. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same when closed. Fig. Q is a side elevation of the rolling cutter. Fig. 10 is a transverse vertical section ofthe same, the line :r Fig. 9, indicating the plane of section. Fig. 11 is an end view of the pinchers which I use for removing from the clamp the out fillers. Fig. l2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 13 is a sectional end View ot' the cover of my press. Fig. le is a similar view of the bottom part or body of the press.

Similar letters of reference in all the figures indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new method of producing the fillers of cigars by iirst forming the tobacco into a sheet or felt of sufficient thickness, and afterward cutting said sheet up into pieces, each suteient for one liller. Each of these pieces is wrapped in a narrow strip of tobacco-leaf and then pressed for a short time, when it is ready to be covered by the ordinary wrapper.

For the purpose of felting the tobacco I use a box, A,provi ded with two movable sides, a b,` which are held in place lby tongues and grooves, or in any other suitable manner, and which are so arranged that they can be easily and qnieltf ly taken out or put in whenever it may be desired. A false bottom, c, is placed on the bottom of this box, and then the tobacco-leaves intended for fillers are put in and pressed by means of a follower, d. By thus filling the box and pressing the tobacco a porous sheet of tobacco or tobacco-felt is formed, which is ready for use after a few hours. After the lapse of that time a thin board, e, similar to the false bottom c, is placed on the felt, the side pieces, a and b, of the box are removed, and the felt thus situated between the two boards c and e is turned over and brought upon the platform B. (See Figs. 7 and 8.) This platform is provided with a series of raised metal bars, f,'running over itin a transverse direction, and toits edge is hinged the cover (l, which is perforated with a series'of transverse kerfs, g, corresponding in number and position to the spaces between the metal base f on the platform. The platform B and cover' G form a clamp, between which the tobacco felt is held while it is being out, and the operation of cutting is effected by a revolving cutter, D, secured to a suitable handle, D. This cutter is introduced successively through the kerfs in the cover C, and by rolling it back and forth two or three times the felt is out up in pieces, each suitable for a filler of a ci gar. After the operation of cuttingis nished the clamp is opened and a metal plate is. placed on the felt, and by means of the pinchers la one ller after the other is withdrawn and wrapped in a narrow strip of tobacco-leaf placed in an oblique position. The pinchers are constructed with thin narrow jaws, of spring-steel or other suitable material, which can be introduced between the metal bars on the platform B, so as to grasp the pieces cut olf from the tobaccot'elt and draw them out one after the other from under the metal plate. After these pieces have been wrapped, as previously stated, they are placed between the press, which consists of the follower E and bed-piece F. (See Figs. 13 and la.) Said bed-piece is divided oi' into a number of compartments, each capable ot' receiving one of the pieces out off from the tobacco telt and wrapped as previously described, and the partitions between those compartments are made of thin pieces of. sheet metal, which, when the cover or follower E is pnt on, t into thin spaces cnt into the under surface of said follower, as shown. By this arrangement the fillers are kept separate, and they can be pressed to any desired extent. After the lapse of twenty-four hours (more or less) the fillers are removed from. the press, and they are ready for the. final. wrapping.

The principal advantage of this arrangement is that the tobacco forming the leaves lies perfectly straight, whereas in hand-made cigars the tobacco of the fillers' is liable .to become twisted while putting on the wrappers.

By the aid of my machine, and with little practice, the operation of preparing the fillers can be e'ected with great rapidity, and, if desired, the fillers can be pressediu molds of suitable form, and ornamented cigars can thus be produced with great ease and facility.

then cutting up that sheet in aclampin pieces Suitable for llers and, after having wrapped these fillers in narrow strips cut from tobaccoleaves, pressing them in a suitable press, as

v set forth.

GEORGE rBUC KEL.

Witnesses:

GEORGE L. REIsIGf,v CHRIsTmN F. BECK. 

